MAKING THE SWITCH.
THREE EASY STEPS.
1

Make the porting request
2

Confirm Porting Authorisation
3

A: Mobile Number Portability is the ability to
take your existing mobile number to a new
service with a new provider.
A: Number Porting is a system that enables
customers to keep their telephone numbers
when switching from one communications
service provider to another.
A: The freedom of choice—the customer is able
to choose another service provider without
losing their existing number.
A: Customers can port at all TSTT Retail Stores
and Dealer locations.
A: Requests to port can be made Monday to
Friday, excluding public holidays.
A: It takes approximately three working days to
process and complete a mobile-to-mobile
porting request.
A: After a successful port to a service provider,
the customer will not be able to port that
number again for another 180 days.
A: When making a porting request, postpaid
customers are required to also have:
A: When making a porting request, prepaid
customers are required to also have:
A: No—all porting requests must be accompanied
by proper ID of the requester.
A: The new network provider issues a new SIM
Card with the customer’s existing number.
A: Yes—if the customer’s contacts are only
saved on the old SIM Card.
A: Yes, they will be lost.
A: Yes, they will be lost.
A: Yes—once they belong to the same billing
account.
A: No—the authorised party shall indicate one
mobile number to be used to validate the
multiple-porting request.
A: Both postpaid and prepaid mobile telephone
numbers will be validated via SMS.
A: The validation of porting request must be
completed by the customer within 8 hours.
A: The is no charge to the customer for porting.
A: The confirmation SMS is free.
A: Yes, they can.
A: Unused credit balances on prepaid accounts
will be lost when a porting request is
completed.
A: The Porting SMS Authorisation Number is
9PORT (97678).
A: They recieve SMS messages from the
Clearing House.
A: The port is rejected and the customer is liable
to pay the old service provider any
outstanding bills after which a brand new
porting request can be raised.
A: No—a customer cannot port if their number
is barred or suspended.
A: No—the customer cannot port if they have
unpaid billed invoice.
A: No—they should contact their old service
provider.
A: A porting request can be rejected by the
Clearing House for the following reasons: